Wrench for truck wheel nuts



Oct. 21, 1952 c. MOORE WRENCH FORTRUCK WHEEL NUTS Filed March 10, 1952IN V EN TOR.

Patented Oct. 21, 1952 UNITED STATES Arr tries 2,614,444 WRENCH FORTRUCK WHEEL NUTS Jess C. Moore, Birmingham, Ala.

Application March 10, 1952, Serial No. 275,717

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a wheel nut wrench for heavy duty automotivevehicles, especially trucks and the like. It is very difficult to removethe wheel nuts from large truck-type wheels,

especially when they have become set from long disuse with the resultthat ordinary wrenches are not satisfactory as they do not provide forany fulcrum support. The present wrench provides means which can bequickly and easily placed on the hub of a wheel to thus provide asupport and leverage.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the drawing anddescription.

By referring generally to the drawing, a part of this application, itwill be observed that Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a truck wheelwith a wrench according to the present invention in position on thewheel for use; Fig. 2 is a, sectional View of Fig. 1 except part of theWrench is shown being a handle I with integral nut socket 2, the

other part being a crescent-shaped fulcrum or supporting member 3 havinga hole 4 adjacent its convex side, the handle to be insertedtherethrough. In use, the concave side of the fulcrum member is placedupon the hub 5 of the wheel 6 with the socket upon a nut I. In such aposition it is easy for the user to hold with one hand the fulcrum uponthe hub while manipulating the handle with the other hand to eitherapply or remove a nut. Without the fulcrum member 2 c the handle partwould be difiicult to control especially in removing a very tightfitting or rusty nut.

The parts of the wrench may be made of any material suitable for thepurpose, but I prefer to use iron or steel. Also the parts may be madein different sizes and capacities, depending on how and where to beused.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, I do not wish to limit same to the exact and precise detailsof structure, but reserve the right to make all modifications andchanges so long as they remain within the scope of the invention and thefollowing claim.

Having described myinvention I claim:

A nut attaching and removing wrench of the character describedcomprising an L-shaped handle, said handle having a nut-fitting socketin one end thereof, a crescent-shaped fulcrum member, said fulcrummember adjacent its convex side having a' hole therethrough of a size toallow said handle to be inserted therethrough, a concave side of saidfulcrum member being placed against the hub of a wheel to thus provide afulcrum for the portion of the handle adjacent said nut fitting socket.

JESS C. MOORE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 404,167 Burtis May 28, 18892,267,012 Bowne Dec. 23, 1941 2,459,672 Morsch Jan. 18, 1949

